. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE li9 so much so that they were real!)' better adapted for the inspection of a committee of butchers than of breeders. 'â 'The practice, now too common, of fatten- ing breeding animals for exhibition is not only wholly without utility, but is so bad and in- jurious in every point of view that it ought to be discountenanced. " 'It will not fail to be noticed that all the foregoing premiums are given to animals of the valuable breed known as "Durham Short- horns,
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE li9 so much so that they were real!)' better adapted for the inspection of a committee of butchers than of breeders. 'â 'The practice, now too common, of fatten- ing breeding animals for exhibition is not only wholly without utility, but is so bad and in- jurious in every point of view that it ought to be discountenanced. " 'It will not fail to be noticed that all the foregoing premiums are given to animals of the valuable breed known as "Durham Short- horns," against which kind there were on this occasion no other breed shown in competition, except Herefords, of which there was a beautiful and very creditable exhibition, consisting of a portion of the herd of Messrs. Corning and So- tham, some individuals of which this committee would highly recommend, especially as being good specimens of that important quality, good handling, always essential to excellence. "'Your committee (of which a portion if not a majority is composed of what might be called "Shorthorn men," either by preference or interest, as Shorthorn breeders), from mo- tives of delicacy, not to say generosity, did not deem themselves called on to decide between these two rival breeds and against the Here- fords, which would have been, for the most part, and in effect, their decision, if made on this oc- casion. " 'In England, the home of both breeds, where beef is the first and almost governing considera- tion, the Herefords as a breed, it is well known, have long maintained a sharp and often success- ful competition with the Shorthorns for feed- ing purposes, especially as a grazing stock, while it is claimed and now generally conceded by well-informed, dispassionate persons in Eng- land, that the well-bred Shorthorns have the merit of earlier maturity and are also entitled to the preference for stall feeding and more especially and decidedly
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